Securing a robust electrical discharge drilling process by means of flow rate control

Autor: Ruediger Haas, Ali Abdolahi, M. Munz, Matthias Risto
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: AIP Conference Proceedings.
ISSN: 0094-243X
Popis: This paper deals with the increase of the process robustness while drilling cemented carbide using electrical discharge machining (EDM). A demand for high efficiency in the resulting diameter is equivalent with a high robustness of the EDM drilling process. Analysis were done to investigate the process robustness (standard deviation of the borehole diameter) when drilling cemented carbide. The investigation has shown that the dielectric flow rate changes over the drilling process. In this case the flow rate decreased with a shorter tool electrode due to an uneven wear of the tool electrode’s cross section. Using a controlled flow rate during the drilling process has led to a reduced standard deviation of the borehole diameter, thus to a higher process robustness when drilling cemented carbide.
Databáze: OpenAIRE